Fixed Asset and Lease Accounting Specialist

Responsibilities

• Maintain General Ledger and recording of journal entries to support auditable, accurate financial statements in a deadline-driven environment (5-day month-end close timeline).
• Review and approve coding for purchase requisitions.
• Maintain documentation in support of all entries, accruals, reconciliations, and journal entries, to support the completeness and accuracy of our financial statements, in accordance with internal controls over financial reporting.
• Cross-departmental collaboration with different departments to resolve inter-departmental issues to achieve optimal business outcomes.
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations as well as variance explanations and documentation.
• Assess/Process transactions related to fixed assets for appropriate capitalization.
• Evaluate/Manage transactions related to leases for appropriate categorization.
• Actively participate in external and internal financial audits.
• Perform account analysis and research any variances.
• Perform ad hoc projects and special assignments as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (BS, BBA, etc.) in Accounting required.
• 2-4 years of related work experience, preferably with public company/industry month-end close experience; mid-size to large public accounting firm experience is a plus.
• Systems experience with large-scale ERP (preferably Oracle Fusion Cloud).
• CPA certification is a plus.
• Experience with lease accounting (ASC 842) and documentation.
• Experience with accounting for fixed assets (ASC 360).
• Demonstrates strong analytical skills with strong knowledge of US GAAP.
• Strong understanding of financial processes and internal controls; Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) 404 experience required.
• Strong desire to optimize use of Oracle Fusion applications to leverage underlying transaction data through reports in performing analysis, processing transactions, and preparing journal entries.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be a team player, willing to interface and partner with members in all areas of a rapidly growing public company.
• Willing to work overtime during month-end and quarterly close periods to meet all deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively (in writing and verbally) in English.